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litheraHMmmmm.. Lots of thoughts about things. I, along with most of the rest of the country, have been doing a lot of thinking. Let me sum up my thoughts recently.
Terrorism is bad. However, we can't be hypocritical about this. This means all terrorism. This means the IRA. This mean our allies cannot do things which might be seen as terorist acts. (gives significatnt looks to several countries) We didn't ask for this. No one *asks* someone to come to their country and fly planes into buldings and kill thousands of people. I am rather certain that our policies did help bring this about, however. I still occasionally freak out and have huge moments of depression and wanting to cry. So far I've only let myself breakdown once and just for a few minutes. I guess I'm waiting for more. I'm waiting for it to happen again. There is so much potential for good here. So much.... There are countries agreeing with each other over this that have never agreed on anything before. There is so much potential for good. I don't want to bomb the Afghanis. Your average Afghani is just someone who is trying not to starve to death - to find enough food and water to make it antoher day. Famine, drought and twenty years of war will do that to a country. The Taliban - Erg. They cause instability in the region in so many ways. A large portion of their money comes from smuggling and drug running. I understand strict religious policies. I don't agree, but I can understand the motivations behind them. They made me twitch when they blew up the statues, but now... *shakes her head* It's just bad to get invovled in someone else's civil war. It's a rotten policy and never comes out they way you want it to. Those guys on the plane that crashed near Pittsburgh, that took it over... Three of them were a judo champion, a former high school quarterback and a rugby player. It seems fitting to me somehow...
The FBI says the danger for another wave should crest on Saturday, the 22nd.
Hmmm.
Just lots of thoughts.
Terrorism is bad. However, we can't be hypocritical about this. This means all terrorism. This means the IRA. This mean our allies cannot do things which might be seen as terorist acts. (gives significatnt looks to several countries) We didn't ask for this. No one *asks* someone to come to their country and fly planes into buldings and kill thousands of people. I am rather certain that our policies did help bring this about, however. I still occasionally freak out and have huge moments of depression and wanting to cry. So far I've only let myself breakdown once and just for a few minutes. I guess I'm waiting for more. I'm waiting for it to happen again. There is so much potential for good here. So much.... There are countries agreeing with each other over this that have never agreed on anything before. There is so much potential for good. I don't want to bomb the Afghanis. Your average Afghani is just someone who is trying not to starve to death - to find enough food and water to make it antoher day. Famine, drought and twenty years of war will do that to a country. The Taliban - Erg. They cause instability in the region in so many ways. A large portion of their money comes from smuggling and drug running. I understand strict religious policies. I don't agree, but I can understand the motivations behind them. They made me twitch when they blew up the statues, but now... *shakes her head* It's just bad to get invovled in someone else's civil war. It's a rotten policy and never comes out they way you want it to. Those guys on the plane that crashed near Pittsburgh, that took it over... Three of them were a judo champion, a former high school quarterback and a rugby player. It seems fitting to me somehow...
The FBI says the danger for another wave should crest on Saturday, the 22nd.
Hmmm.
Just lots of thoughts.
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Date: 2001-09-19 11:32 am (UTC)